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Is a person punished for a sin similar to that of the one he taught a disobedience, even if it transformed from a minor to a major sin?

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Aiding in sin is forbidden by Islamic law, and its perpetrator is as sinful as the one who commits it, due to the Almighty's saying: "And do not cooperate in sin and aggression," and due to the Prophet's (PBUH) saying: "Whoever calls to misguidance will have sin upon him like the sins of those who follow him," and "Whoever introduces a bad practice in Islam, and it is acted upon after him, will have a burden of sin written upon him like the burden of sin of those who act upon it." He (PBUH) also cursed the one who consumes usury, the one who feeds it, its scribe, and its two witnesses, and he cursed the one who drinks alcohol, the one who pours it, and the one who sells it. The sin of the one who aids in sin is not equal in measure to the sin of the perpetrator, rather, the similarity lies in the principle of sin, even if their magnitudes differ. Thus, the likeness applies to the reward, not to absolute equality, and those who aid and those who commit sins may differ in degrees of sinfulness.

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